Essays about: "Los Angeles value"

Found 4 essays containing the words Los Angeles value.

  1. 1. A Snapshot of Climate Change Adaptation Efforts in American Urban Planning & Development

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Eliisa Carter; [2019]
    Keywords : climate change adaptation; urban development; urban planning; land use planning; United States of America; risk reduction; sustainable design; hazard mitigation; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : To understand how American cities “walk the talk” regarding climate change adaptation, the question “What effect do American city-wide adaptation efforts have on urban development trends?” is posed. The method covers the breadth and depth of the subject by studying the overall national climate discourse and utilizing three major American cities as case studies. READ MORE

  3. 2. “To shape God, Shape Self”: The Political Manipulation of the Human Body and Reclamation of Space in Octavia E. Butler’s The Parable of the Sower

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Lisa James; [2018]
    Keywords : Butler; human body; space; society; Contemporary America; literature; dystopia; Los Angeles; Southern California; ecology; global warming; sociopolitics; gender; stereotypes; race; ethnicity; stagnation; patriarchy; female voice; hysteria; feminist studies; social reform; movement; migration; nomadology; Octavia Butler; empathy; sympathy; Parable of the Sower; hyperempathy;

    Abstract : This paper considers the role of the human body in Octavia E. Butler’s The Parable of theSower and the way it interacts with defined space to stage expressive forms of politicalopposition. READ MORE

  4. 3. Comparative study of established test methods for aggregate strength and durability of Archean rocks from Botswana

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Stålheim Jessica; [2014]
    Keywords : Los Angeles value; aggregate crushing value; aggregate impact value; 10 percent aggregate crushing value test; mean grain size; mean grain size distribution;

    Abstract : ABSTRACT Comparative study of established test methods for aggregate strength and durabilityof Archean rocks from Botswana In the current situation, river sand is used for building of roads and as raw material forconcrete in Botswana. River sand is a finite resource and important to preserve as itacts as natural water purification, groundwater aquifer and protection against soil erosion. READ MORE

  5. 4. Variation in rock quality between metamorphic domains in the lower levels of the Eastern Segment, Sveconorwegian Province

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Linda Lundgren; [2012]
    Keywords : rock quality; microDeval test; Los Angeles test; studded tyre test; quantitative analyses; Los Angelesvärde; kulkvarnsvärde; microDevalvärde; bergkvalitet; kvantitativa analyser; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Variationer i bergkvalitet hos gnejser i Halland, sydvästra Sverige För att kunna förklara variationer i bergkvalitet hos hög metamorfa gnejser i Halland, sydvästra Sverige, har tolv gnejser från området undersökts både kvantitativt och kvalitativt. Tanken är att de kvalitativa resultaten, fält- och tunnslipsbeskrivningar, ska kunna användas som prospekteringsverktyg för aggregat till väg och järnväg. READ MORE